Precious Bridges and Alicia Williams led the Mercer women’s basketball team with 19 and 15 points, respectively, but it was not enough as the Bears fell to Siena, 65-54, in the WBI semifinals on Wednesday evening.

After leading the Mercer University baseball team to a perfect 4-0 record including a sweep of East Tennessee State in the program’s inaugural Southern Conference series, sophomore Kyle Lewis and senior Eric Nyquist were named the SoCon Player and Pitcher of the Week.

Precious Bridges scored a game-high 26 points to lead a quartet of double-digit scorers as the Mercer women’s basketball team used a dominant first half to rout Troy, 83-68, in the first round of the WBI Tournament on Thursday night.